Archie McKenzie explained

Archie McKenzie
Fullname:Archibald McNeil McKenzie[1]
Height:5ft 7in
Position:Full back
Birth Date:15 July 1878
Birth Place:Bo'ness, Scotland
Death Place:Bo'ness, Scotland
Years1:1903–1905
Clubs1:Bo'ness
Years2:1905–1915
Clubs2:Partick Thistle
Caps2:207
Goals2:1
Years3:1906
Clubs3:Bo'ness (loan)
Years4:

Archibald McNeil McKenzie (15 July 1878 – 20 April 1950) was a Scottish footballer who played as a full back, mainly for Partick Thistle where he spent a decade.[2]

He began his career at hometown club Bo'ness, signing for Partick in April 1905;[3] initially he had a back-up role, and spent time back at Bo'ness on loan,[4] before becoming a regular in 1907 after Tom Harvey was forced to retire due to injury.[5] McKenzie remained with the Jags until retiring in 1915; the club mostly finished towards the bottom of Scottish Football League Division One during that time, but did climb to fourth place in 1910–11 followed by fifth the following year. His importance to the club during that time had already been shown by the awarding of a benefit match against Rangers in the pre-season of 1910, though at that time he had only been a fixture in the side for three years.[6] In October 1911 he came as close as he would get to a winner's medal when his side lost 1–0 to Rangers in the Glasgow Cup final.[7] From 1913 onwards, the younger Willie Bulloch and Tom Adams began to be more favoured in the Thistle defence.

He played in two editions of the Glasgow FA's annual challenge match against Sheffield, in March 1908 then in October of the same year,[8] [9] and had a trial for the Scottish League XI in 1910.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.thethistlearchive.net/archie-mckenzie Archie Mckenzie
  2. A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players. John Litster. Scottish Football Historian magazine. October 2012.
  3. https://www.vintagefootballers.com/product/mckenzie-archie-image-1-partick-1912/ McKenzie Archie Image 1 Partick Thistle 1912
  4. https://ptearlyyears.net/1900s/1905-06 1905-06
  5. https://ptearlyyears.net/1900s/1906-07 1906-07
  6. http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/page/Archie+McKenzie+1910+v+Rangers Football. Rangers, 2; Partick Thistle, 1
  7. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7PQ-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZE0MAAAAIBAJ&pg=1279%2C4322805 Association Football. The Rangers' Victory.
  8. http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/page/1908+-+Glasgow+v+Sheffield Glasgow v. Sheffield. Inter-City Match.
  9. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CtQ-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=q0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3915%2C5292420 Football. Sheffield v Glasgow.